I haven't updated from Jacksonville because there's been nothing to say, really. Every trip home is about the same. Lots of sleeping in, driving around aimlessly, traveling long distances for decent coffee (although I gave the new town cafe's iced latte a try and it was stellar, actually). There's not a whole lot else to do here.
But I had a pretty decent night tonight. There's a new rather classy, hip restaurant in Oxford where a friend of mine from high school works, and tonight we all went out to celebrate my mom's new job, which involves a salary three times that of mine in a place where the cost of living is a mere fraction of what it is where I live. I drank a lot of sangria and kind of enjoyed not finishing my $19 entree on her tab... and I think this is the first time I haven't felt guilty for taking money from my mother. Needless to say she's pretty excited about the job, too... and with Adam and I both recently graduated from high school and college, respectively (and Adam moving into his first place of his own), it feels like all our lives are on the upswing. For the first time in a while I think we all, as a family, feel like everything is going to be all right. More than all right, even. Awesome.
Tomorrow Adam and I leave for Asheville by way of Seneca, South Carolina. After that, DC one more time, and then Boston by Friday evening. Next week's Boston adventures include, but are not limited to, Cantab poetry slam and Boston Harbor booze cruise. So even though I have to go back to work on Saturday, I guess the vacation's not quite over yet... the summer of 2009 is in fact just beginning.
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